What do Falco’s Rock Me Amadeus, Dee Lite’s Groove Is in the Heart, and Soft Cell’s Tainted Love have in common? Each is a distinguished inductee into the proverbial One Hit Wonder Hall of Fame.
The breakout hit knows no industry boundaries: from books (Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind) to fashion (pajama jeans) to one of the most popular puzzles of all time, the Rubik's Cube, one hit wonders are fascinating artifacts of the human experience. If nothing else, they make us smile. Imagine: Where would the average American wedding be without at least one debaucherous keg-fueled extended family rendition of Los Del Rio’s The Macarena?
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